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24/09/2026

Competing Friday for England at the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships in Winnipeg, Canada is Gillian Lomax in the 84+ M2 Class.

She will be lifting in Flight A at 07:00 Local Time.

Good Luck Gill!

05/07/2026

MEET RECAP
Becka Colley-Foster

Becka’s first competition with the WRPF at the World Cup Series in Nottingham was a real showcase of all the work we’ve done over the past year we’ve been working together. Becka had a 9/9 day securing PBs on all lifts and a huge 20KG Total PB, qualifying for Nationals in November.

Squat 110KG (+10KG)
Bench 57.5KG (+5KG)
Deadlift 127.5KG (+5KG)
Total 295KG (+20KG)

Looking forward to this next series of blocks into Nationals later this year!
Well done Becka 👏

05/06/2026

Competing this weekend at the British Masters Classic 2026

Adrian Murphy M2 U83
Lisa Mcwhan M2 U69
Gillian Lomax & Meg Robertson M2 84+
Genevieve Collins M1 U76
Carole O’Neil M1 U84
Claire Roberts M1 84+

Good luck! 👏🖤💛

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06/05/2026

Competing this week at the EPF European Equipped Championships in Pilsen, Czech Republic we have Dominic Coman in the Open 120 Class lifting off today at 1pm GMT and Adrian Murphy in the M2 83 Class lifting off on Friday at 2pm GMT.

Good Luck lads! 👏🙌🔥

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18/02/2026

European M1 84+ Classic Champion 2026 🏆

Claire had a decent prep for this championship, the European Masters Classic 2026 in Finland. After having a bit of an off-season break after British last summer we were able to make some technical changes on Bench and really get Claire back to full health and some!

Despite some mental wobbles going into this Championship, and a close call on squat, Claire kept her composure right to the end and secured the win on her final pull with a new European Deadlift Record of 220KG!

Squat 197.5KG (Equal Best)
Bench Press 115KG (+2.5KG)
Deadlift 220KG

9/9 532.5KG Total, a European record deadlift and most importantly the win! 🥇

Congratulations Claire, so proud! 👏

16/02/2026

MEET RECAP
Meg Robertson

Mission accomplished 🫡

This was our first competition in the 7 months we’ve been working together and we stepped onto the platform with one main goal - secure the QT for Nationals in June. But, I also wanted to make sure that put up the absolute best total she was capable of.

We’ve put in some hard yards recently, working on positioning and bracing over all 3 lifts, keeping Meg injury free and allowing her to handle some of the heaviest loads she has in a good while. It was great to see Meg have a well-deserved excellent performance only a tiny bit under her lifetime best, especially as she’s also cut a considerable amount of weight since the summer.

BW 96.1 (-6.4kg)

Squat 142.5kg (Equal to Masters in June)
Bench 80kg (+5kg since June, -2.5kg under lifetime best)
Deadlift 185kg (+7.5kg since June, +2.5kg on lifetime best)

Total 407.5kg (+17.5kg since June, -7.5kg under lifetime best)

🥇 M2 84+ class

Now we build on this momentum into Nationals 👏🏼

15/02/2026

Competing today at the European Masters Classic Championships in Oulu, Finland is powerhouse Claire Roberts.

Competing in the 84+ M1 category she will be lifting off at 9am GMT

Good luck Claire!

09/02/2026

Competition Recap
WRPF West Yorkshire Qualifier 2026

We had both and take to the platform for their first sanctioned competition last weekend and they both had a day of ups and downs!

Darren has been struggling in training due to shoulder pain so Bench Press was a fair bit off his best, having not really had anything heavy in his hands for a while. Some mistakes on set up meant that he didn’t manage to get 130KG however, he more than made up for this with 185KG on his Squat (+5KG Comp PB), a lifetime best deadlift of 255KG and his QT secured for WRPF Masters Nationals.

Dave had a great prep but unfortunately picked up a bit of a hamstring strain a couple of weeks prior to the competition which slightly affected the peak. Some small technical mistakes meant some missed lifts but overall a great performance with a PB Squat of 220KG (+10KG), a PB Bench (+2.5KG) and overall 5KG added to the total.

Really proud of these guys for really pushing themselves in training and how far they have both come technically, it’s not been easy creating new habits but they both have worked really hard.

Now to work on some movement issues and put it all together next time around!

Thanks to and for putting on another top tier competition!

29/01/2026

Competition Recap
Dominic Coman

Dom’s first equipped nationals so naturally there were a lot of nerves but we went in with a plan and I’m really grateful to Dom for trusting in me and executing when it mattered. He’s come a long way in the kit since we started just over 12 months ago and everything we set out to achieve we have done! I’m super proud of him and excited for what’s to come 💪

S 380 (opted out of 3rd)
B 237.5 (+15KG)
D 287.5 (+2.5KG)
T 905 (+17.5KG)

BW 119.4 (down from 132 at the beginning of 2025)

Silver in the U120 Open class 🥈

Big thank you to equipped club and for all your assistance 🙏🏼

Congratulations Dom! 👏

28/01/2026

Competition Recap
Adrian Murphy

Murph decided to have a dabble in some kit earlier in 2025 so we made a plan of how we could incorporate this into his training without it detracting from his prep for the Classic British in June.

Whilst not the most consistent prep, and with only a handful of sessions in the kit beforehand, we were a bit nervous going in, however we shouldn’t have worried! Murph trusted completely in me and as I know him so well, I knew after his opening squat he was going to have a good day 🥹

Murph managed a 9/9 day on his equipped debut and won both the Open and M2 U83 class at his first equipped nationals. I do hope he will continue with some kit in the future but with a busy competitive calendar this year, we will see!

S 225
B 152.5
D 245
T 622.5

Big thanks to equipped group and .coman16 for all their help in prep and on the day

Well done Murph! 🥇 👏

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